The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-04
PROHIBITION AID POLITICS.

Om kuH0f " Ws iHAkNtgeNCtr.
slE:--You hayo been kind enough 10
open your columna to Hon. Thomas R.
who wlltc0 In favor Of tho or
ssnlzation Of a Prohibition third pNrty in
This Slate, and respectfully oak that you
will extend to me, another advocate Of
Prohibition, tho Same favor for n reply to
Mr.. CArskadon.
l will Gssuno in tho outget that every
Plobibitionist In the State honestly de-.
sircu TO pursue that courso In tho coming
election In this Ssa!s which will most cor.
tainly result In tho adoption Of tho Pro:
hibitiou Amendment 10 our Constitution.
And 1t seems to me that the friends OF
that amendment could not do more
suicidal thing than to organize the pro-
poeod third party. The old asying,
"United We stand, divided wo !aD," Is rs
truo to-day as it ever was, and the organ.
izltion Of this third party will no Mr.
CsIskadon must know perfectly well, re-
suit In tho division OF the Prohibition
forces Of tho State. What we want at the
next election IL 5000 or more votes 10
carry our amendment, and /. don't make
the slightest difference to us whether
these voteg are cast on q Republican
ticket OF on Democratic ticket, 80 that
ne get them. And tho best way to get
theas votss certainly does not lie in on
tseonizing both of these parties by Mr..
CarakAdOn's third party.
| have taken come pains to ascertain
tho sentiments OF the voters Of this por.
ton OF tho State In reference to the 0Tg3.
nizstion Of the proposed third party, and
l fad but two classes Of voters in favor o!
organizing such party. Tho first is made
up, mainly, o; q claee OF voters who are
impre1sed isith the idea that their only
mission on esrth 10 to break up and 6es.
troy both CT the ''old pari!ea" sud in
many Cssss they ere led on by gentlemen
who imagine that they have q grievance
against one or the other Of the "osd par
ties" for thei7 failure to recognize their
eminent fitness for Office. Tho gscond
class is campoSsd Of tho whisky ssllerp,
saloon keepers aud ell other suppostsra Of
the liquor treilic; Rn6 no gtep could be
taken by the trieuds oil the amendment
which would gladden. tho hearts Of thu
enemies OF the amendment to the came
extent IS the organization OF Mr.. Cars.
kadon's third party.
The enemies cf the prohibition omund.
ment nrG no. simpletons,an the iscsis that
thoy are made up, TO large extent, CT the
ghreSdeRt po!iticens IN the Skate, and
they will not be slow IN taxing advantage
OF q blu1dsr which places in their hands
the most efficient weapon with which TO
compass the defeat Of this amendment.
AFR. Csrsk0don, in zeal ior his third party,
has entirely overlooked the important fact
patent to most persona who have locked
into the matter, that there arc 8 great
many voters in both tho cold parties" Who
cara mora for tho SUCCESS OF the psrty to
which they belong thRu they do sos TEN.
perarce and prohibition, but who will at
tho aama time vote for the amendment il
nothing cccura TO change them; but lst
them once get tho idea into iheif heads
that By voting for the amendment they
will exchange the election OF the!r party
candidates, They will vote to man
asainst 1t. Anc just here is wi,e1e this
work OF tho liquor mon will come In, and
they will take special pains to look altar
this claas Of voters. Thsir icrces will bs
mora than thirty to one OF Mr.. Csrskadon's
model third party and a!l they
will have 10 do to control the votss
of the men above rciorrad 10, will ba to
Threaten thom With the defeat Of their
favorite candidates for Office il they vote
Tor the prohibition amendment. and how
can ono OF Dir. CsrskEdoa'a third party
mon hope 70 cccurs tho votea Of this clGgs
Ct men, by presenting 20 than G6ell0s bay
ing upon it the names OF third party can
didstes who are .nnniug in oppoeition 10
the candidates OF their own party, when Il
whieky man 10 ntanding by holding in his
hand and proposing tov0te h!B owa party
ticket from top 10 bottom, il he will vole
against the amendment? Common sense,
ii eeens 70 mo, supplies the enswer. And
OF all the ntrange notions which have ever
entered the heads Of sensible people in
reference to the policy TO be pursued by
the friends Of tho amendment, The idea
that tho courae Of prohibition can be help.
I'd by the organization Of third party is
the strargest. Tho fact is taGt prohibit
ton hes never bcsn carried, Or even aided
by the organization OF separate prohih.-
lion party. And so lar aB 1t has been car
ried, eithar III the form OF etatute or On
10 State Consultation, it has
tsen done BY and through ono or tho
othor, or both, Of the ''old pArties,"
Mr.. CGrakaIoG'a third party scheme waB
.ried III this State ct the LITE election, and
now lot us eco the remit: They pat can
lidatea for otlico in the field il about |
overy county and distsics in tho State
Thers there Hes enough, OF them to make
. nomination, and where victim resIy |
or tho sRcsilca could ba found, not one
u whom vas elected. They had can
,iaa.o for ConSregs III each Congressional
district in the State who .waH unexcsp-
iousbla ne to character and qualification,
ind the only hSurea VS. have ehowinS |
hair party Gtrength sre tho returns OF
hesa elections. The votca cast for the
eveyal parties in each Of said d!stt.ct0 are
10 follows:
First letrict-Eepublicsn, 1850; DEM
,cratic, lG, 732: Prohibition, FOG.
Second Disssict-RepubEcsn, 1902
Democratic, l7,1l2; Prohibition ISL.
Third Districs-Ropublican, II OIL ;Dem. |
,cratic, II 900; Prohibition, 547.
Fourth Dls!sict-Rspub!icen, 1867;
Democratic, 1884; Prohibition, 55S.
Tho whole vote Of the STATE vac, Dsmo.
ratio, CT, lSl; Republican, 64.055; Prohi.
,iiop, l,45a. Total, l3o,955, Tho Demo.
,rstic Iud Rspubl!can vote combined, YVES
&c. 46S, while the third party vote wss
.,402. And this ia the grand third party
,hs!Inx with which Dir. Carskedon pro.
,oaes TO crush out thess l29,46S Demo-
rats and Republicsns, and carry tho pro-
lihit;oa amendment in triumph ct the
,cxt election. I sdmira tho coursEa OF
ir. Carskador, but must To permitted
o dcnb: his discretion.
And nov, in conclusion. permit me- to
ay that tho sGort OF Mr.. CsrsSadoa TO
raw parallel betwaen tho organization
l.. tho Republican party aud the proposed
bird party, Ia iAr.'etrhad snd not to the